. The Millions 1914 . d beforeus, with small groups of women and girls on theseveral doorsteps near by. We sat down on the millstone and told them the good news of Christ assimply as we possibly could in our usual conversa-tional way. We were very much encouraged by ourreception and the good response when we brought outour books, selling about ten Gospels. With these wegave away small explanatory books and the new andever-welcome pictorial portions. There certainlyseems to be a good opening for the Gospel in TangRiver. On Wednesday, 23rd, we visited two villages. Thefirst, Rang Valley, is half
. The Millions 1914 . d beforeus, with small groups of women and girls on theseveral doorsteps near by. We sat down on the millstone and told them the good news of Christ assimply as we possibly could in our usual conversa-tional way. We were very much encouraged by ourreception and the good response when we brought outour books, selling about ten Gospels. With these wegave away small explanatory books and the new andever-welcome pictorial portions. There certainlyseems to be a good opening for the Gospel in TangRiver. On Wednesday, 23rd, we visited two villages. Thefirst, Rang Valley, is half way up the mountain tothe west of North Pass, and to reach the other, StoneBuddha Cave, we had to scale the remaining half anddescend partway on theotber parts ofour road to-day have beenlike a stonestair, onlymuch rougher,but the Shansidonkeys arecareful andsure - footedlittle beastsand we havemany a timebeen amazed atwhat they willdo. They takethe narrow track aroundthe brink of atwo hundredfoot precipice. withsure. compo-On the MISS EDNA M. LARSEN, ACCEPTED FORSERVICE IN CHINA JUNE 2ND, HJI4AND SAILED FOR CHINA NOVEMBER 17TH stairlike placesthey often have to descend by little leaps. StoneBuddha Cave I had often heard of before, but neveruntil to-day had the opportunity of visiting it. It islike a city set on an hill and we sighted it a long wayoff, perched on a prominent rocky ridge and built tierabove tier, in seven or eight terraces. It is the mostremarkable looking village \ have seen in Shansi. Itis composed entirely of built caves, stone and mudbeing the materials used, and one has to ascend fromone terrace to another by alleys and steps between thehouses. We saw from a little distance the shrine inwhich the stone Buddha reposes, and Chang ran alongthe rock path and had a peep at it. 1 had seen stoneBuddhas before, so did not go over to view this has one advantage over many of its companionswhich are meeting with scant ceremony in China at Chinas Mill
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